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Worlidge, Thomas
A select collection of drawings from curious antique gems: most of them in the possession of the nobility and gentry of this kingdom ; etched after the manner of Rembrandt — London, 1768 [Cicognara, 3073-1]

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N° 85. PHILIP OF MACEDON*.
The king os Macedon, and father to Alexander the Greats
N° 86. MERCURY.
See N° 20.
N<> 87. ALEXANDERS
Surnamed the Great; a prince os most extraordinary spirit; educated
under Callifthenes and Aristotle : fond os learning and learned men, but
more os military glory. He began his enterprises in the twentieth year os
his age, and in about twelve years conquered Greece, Persia, and almost
all the Eaft, comprehending the greater! part os the then known world.
N° 88. TIBERIUS.
The third emperor os Rome. A dissblute and cruel tyrant.
N° 89. MARCUS BRUTUS.
An acute Roman orator, and good civilian; an intimate friend to
Cicero, and author os three books on jurisprudence.

* Pyrgotelis opus.
t Pyrgotelis opus,

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